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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Orestes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, where does Electra get new clothes?
(a) Her mother orders new clothes for her.
(b) Aegisthus brings them to her.
(c) She hires a seamstress.
(d) From her sister's wardrobe.

2. How does the man die in Chapter 2 whom the guards find and take water from?
(a) Stabbed in the back.
(b) Knife to the throat.
(c) Poisoned food.
(d) Poisoned water.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 3, where do a set of winding steps lead?
(a) An old dwelling.
(b) A place that was once a garden.
(c) An old temple.
(d) A view of the sea.

4. In Chapter 1, how many men did Aegisthus have that were loyal to him?
(a) 450.
(b) 750.
(c) 500.
(d) 600.

5. In Chapter 2, what work are Leander, Mithros, and Orestes offered in return for food and shelter from a man with goats?
(a) Sow a field.
(b) Clean out barns.
(c) Dig ditches.
(d) Milk goats.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3 after the search for Orestes is unfruitful, what does Theodotus wish to send to find the boys?

2. In Chapter 2, when the boys are set upon by dogs after leaving the man with goats, where does a dog grab Leander?

3. In Chapter 2 when the boys are at the house of the man with goats, how close is the next nearest house?

4. In Chapter 1, where does the old and difficult woman with powers live?

5. In Chapter 4, who tells Orestes that his mother killed his father?

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